Men's Tennis

Harris and Crawford take third-flight of doubles at UTC Fall Classic

Oct 04, 2010

CHATANOOGA, TENN.-- Doubles pair Lloyd Harris and
James Crawford lead the Tennessee Tech tennis team in earning
the third-flight doubles championship this weekend at the UTC
Fall Classic.

The Tech doubles pair has been playing off and on together since
their freshman debut in 2007 and continue to have success in their
virtues. Crawford and Harris kicked off the tournament Friday
morning with a 8-4 victory over top-seeded team from EKU, Alex Das
and Jan Dobrowski. The two went on to defeat a pair from UTC, 8-5
before capturing a win over second-seeded team from Samford,
8-4. These three consecutive wins earned Tech the third-flight
championship title.

Crawford also competed in the third-flight of singles where he
picked up some wins as well. After falling 3-6, 3-6 to
one-seed Carl Arbalos from Samford, Crawford bounced back
the next round with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Lee University.
Crawford earned one more victory (2-0) before falling in the
consolation's final round against JSU.

Harris fell twice in the second-flight of singles after a first
round loss to second-seed from EKU.

Joseph Proctor and Justin Kirstein represented Tech in the first
flight of doubles play, competing against the top teams in the
region. In a close first-round battle against top-seeded team from
UNCG, Tech couldn't close it out in the end, with an 8-9 (3) loss.
Tech fell again to ETSU the following round.

Kirstein and Proctor both competed in the top flight of the
tournament where they struggled to earn a victory. Kirstein came up
against the one-seed, Alex Das from EKU first round, where he
was defeated 6-4, 6-2. Kirstein had a hard-fought battle in
the second round with ETSU opponent. After taking the first set
6-3, Kirstein was defeated 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 against Juan Ramirez.

Proctor also had a tough first round, with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 loss
to Memphis. He fell again in the following round.

Tennessee Tech is on the road again next weekend as head coach,
Kenny Doyle takes the men to compete in the Elon University
Invitational.